Daniel Andrews’ departure from the top job in Victoria is the latest study in the speed at which public pledges to carry on can fall away. Eyes are now on Queensland.
A midnight email. A Friday-night webinar with a Canadian scientist. A conversation with NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant. In this edited extract of a new book on Australia’s COVID-19 responses,Age journalists pinpoint the intriguing events that helped save tens of thousands of lives in Australia.
The WA premier emphatically supported the state’s resources sector after details emerged of the lengths his predecessor went to in stamping out tough emissions guidelines.
A pair of West Coast powerbrokers have backed Adam Simpson,saying that the Eagles should retain the embattled senior coach for 2024.
The report was not a forensic deep dive into the response,but rather sought to “focus on what worked well and what could be done better in the future”.
Labor has retained the seat of Rockingham but without Mark McGowan’s star power they’ve lost considerable ground in the polls.
Labor has held the seat of Rockingham since 1974. But Premier Roger Cook isn’t ruling out the unthinkable that Labor’s candidate will lose the seat vacated by former premier Mark McGowan.
The Rockingham by-election is the first electoral test for Premier Roger Cook and comes off the back of new polling that shows the WA Liberals would win a state election if it was held today.
As the battle to retain WA’s share of the GST continues amid a pending review,it’s been revealed the state has employed eight dedicated ‘GST fairness fighters’. Most other jurisdictions have none.
Time is fleeting as a by-election looms,and one candidate is sporting not only a solid gold endorsement,but a name made memorable by the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
The party’s administrative committee selected right faction-backed Magenta Marshall as its candidate for the Rockingham by-election on July 29 triggered by McGowan’s shock retirement last month.